Discovering the STM32 Microcontroller

This book is intended as a hands-on manual for learning how to design systems using the STM32 F1 family of micro-controllers. It was written to support a junior-level computer science course at Indiana University.

Discovering the STM32 Microcontroller

Geoffrey Brown

Indiana University

2016

Abstract

The focus of this book is on developing code to utilize the various peripherals available in STM32 F1 micro-controllers and in particular the STM32VL Discovery board. Because there are other fine sources of information on the Cortex-M3, which is the core processor for the STM32 F1 micro-controllers, we do not examine this core in detail; an excellent reference is "The Definitive Guide to the ARM CORTEX-M3."

This book is not exhaustive, but rather provides a single "trail" to learning about programming STM32 micro controller built around a series of laboratory exercises. A key design decision was to utilize readily available off-the-shelf hardware models for all the experiments discussed.